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Here, we investigate correlated electronic structures of \u03b1-RuCl3 and \u03b1-RuI3 by employing first-principles dynamical mean-field theory. Our result provides a valuable insight into the discrepancy between experimental and theoretical reports on transport properties of \u03b1-RuI3, and suggests a potential realization of correlated flat bands with strong spin\u2013orbit coupling and a quantum spin-Hall insulating phase in \u03b1-RuI3.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano14010009","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,20]],"date-time":"2023-12-20T03:51:45Z","timestamp":1703044305000},"page":"9","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Electronic Structures of Kitaev Magnet Candidates RuCl3 and RuI3"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Subhasis","family":"Samanta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dukgeun","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0691-7605","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heung-Sik","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute of Quantum Convergence and Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aop.2005.10.005","article-title":"Anyons in an exactly solved model and beyond","volume":"321","author":"Kitaev","year":"2006","journal-title":"Ann. 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